London City Notes and Obits From The Week
News briefs report government entanglements over wharfs, church appointments, and court sentences. Notable items include travels of physicians, marriages, deaths, market prices, and prosecutions by the Watermen Company. Also covered are shipments, political rumors, and a prisoner’s plea for aid from a London jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catineh
City of London
Christ’s Hospital
John Carver
St. John’s College, Cambridge
George Earl of Aberdeen
Freeton
Treton
York
Whitton
Royal College of Physicians
Knock
Huck
Chapman
Lawson
Charles Belfield
Belfield
Northamptonshire
Esy
Letty Sibthorpe
Lincoln’s Innfields
William Lewis Chambers
Shadwell
Peter Rawlins
Cook’s Court
Cary-street
James Dugdale
Stamp-office
Smith
Lord Viscount Tracy
John Smith
Combhay
Somersetshire
Carnaby-market
Greenwich Hospital
Lincoln’s Inn-Fields
Smithfield
St. John’s Street
Cornmarket
Mark Lane
Gravesend
London
Somers’s-quay
Watermens Company
Bridewell
St. Margaret’s Bill
Southwark
John Chapman
Distress Letter From Coventry 1765
A dated Coventry missive from March 23, 1765, by R. Sweer expresses deep distress over money loss and disability of friends. The writer asks Mr G2 to visit Okt Robin and Neil at Mr. Bor's, seeks swift reply, and extends sincere friendship and humble servant sentiment. The note mentions comfort, acquaintance with addressees, and request for action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robin
Neil
Coventry
R. Sweer
Receipts for preparing the Mecucrites to be Had of the Venders
A record details payments and procedures for preparing the Mecucrites by Fielding R Dinsley. It notes receipts and roles in handling the process, indicating currency and items involved in the preparation stage. The item reads as a fragmented financial summary from a historical ledger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joshua Waxp
White
D’otterman
Ward
John Page
Wirhy
Dunciad
Royal Exchange
Cornhill
Marth
Charing-Cross
Magdalen and Asylum Charities
London
James Hoey
Parliament Street
Dublin
Tre Country
Fielding
R. Dinsley
Observations on the American quartering and poor relief bill
The letter questions political rights of British subjects abroad and the legality of quartering soldiers in colonies. It argues colonists deserve full rights and fears home measures will extend oppression. A second observer favors changes to parish rates and funding for poor relief, proposing twenty years of equalized levies and district-wide shared costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Crown of
Great Britain
America
Lyglird
Lako
Parisnes
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Henry Webley
Holbourn
Chancery Law
Rex Giron
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Jesus Christ
Socrates
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